La Poste Group and the CMA CGM Group execute a deal to cooperate
| La Poste Group, CMA CGM Group, Geopost, and CEVA Logistics, have finalized a cooperation deal in last-mile deliveries, logistics and decarbonized transportation, harnessing both groups’ complementary supply chain strengths in Europe outside France |
| Geopost is a European leading player in parcel delivery to businesses and consumers, with an extensive parcel delivery network in Europe. It delivered 2.1 billion parcels worldwide in 2022 thanks to its network of over 1,400 hubs and depots, more than 94,000 vehicles and 122,000 employees and partners around the world. CEVA Logistics operates at 1,300 locations in 170 countries. It is a global contract logistics provider, and handles freight shipments and medium- and long-distance forwarding by road and last-mile deliveries in France via its Colis Privé subsidiary. The key benefits of the finalized cooperation deal are: – CEVA’s customers will benefit from Geopost’s know-how in last-mile deliveries in international markets other than France. – Reverse logistics and circular economy solutions will be developed by leveraging Geopost’s first/last mile parcel delivery expertise and the CEVA group’s logistics know-how (inspection, quality control, order fulfillment, reconditioning). – Both groups’ carbon emissions will be reduced through joint optimization of long-distance road transportation in low-carbon vehicles. These initiatives will help to achieve both groups’ ambitious targets: the CMA CGM Group aims to reach Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. La Poste Group’s deliveries have been carbon neutral since 2012 based on carbon footprint per parcel, which it reduces as far as it can, then offsets the remainder. Its goal is to reduce its carbon emissions by parcel by 30% by 2025 (versus 2013). Philippe Wahl, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at La Poste Group commented: “We have decided to combine our strengths and pool our expertise to deliver high-performance, yet responsible logistics by consolidating our partnership with CMA CGM. Our sincere hope is that this close cooperation between Geopost, a European leader in last-mile deliveries, and Ceva Logistics, a specialist in freight and long-distance forwarding, will give rise to more efficient and more environmentally friendly shipping solutions. This commitment reflects La Poste Group’s strategic priority of decarbonizing the economy.” Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group added: “As a French group, we are delighted to be joining forces with La Poste and pooling our expertise in areas such as international parcel delivery and the development of circular economy logistics solutions. La Poste will be able to count on our international network and on the know-how of our CEVA Logistics subsidiary in certain key business lines – just as we will be able to count on theirs. This partnership will enhance the quality and increase the competitiveness of our respective service offerings while also reducing our carbon footprint.” |
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